Plant-support.



W H. WOERNER.

PLANT SUPPORT.

APPLIUATION FILED JUNE 3o, 190s.

Patented Mar. 16, 1909.

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UNITED STAT WILLIAM H. WOERNER, OF OMAHA, NEBRASKA.

PLANT-SUPPORT.

Application led June 3G, 190B.

To all whom it may concer/n:

Beit known that I, 'Vl/*inician II. Tv'onu- NER, a citizen of the United States, residingI at Omaha, in the rcounty of Douglas and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Plant- Supports, of which the following is a specificatioii.

My invention ielates to supporting devices for plants and it is the object thereof to provide a cheap and efficient support for plants having tall, fragile stems, suoli as chrysanthemums, carnations, various other flowering plants, and certain vegetables.

A further object of my invention is to make a support of this class which may be packed in a small space, readily assembled when required for use, and quickly disinounted when no longer required.

A construction embodying niy invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a Fig. 2 is a is a detail inoloops.

yIn the construction of the support I provide two wire members of which the central parts 1 are bent to form a semicircular arch, the end ortions forming legs 2 which are slightly c ivergent from each other. On the legs at substantially equal distances from the centers of the arches l the wires forming the legs are bent to form inwardly and downwardly inclined loops l1 of the shape 3, the wire being bent at a oint 3, extended inwardly and downwardy as the portion 4, then turned outwardly and upwardly as the semicircular portion 5, thence extended upwardly and outwardly as the portion 6 which converges slightly with relation to the portion 4 and, adjoining the bend 8, is bent outwardly and downwardly as the seinicirculai` portion 7, thence extending inwardly and downwardly as the portion S to the bend 9, whence it continues in alinement with the leg portion above the bend 3.

In assembling the support the legs of the arches are inserted in the ground in such position that one of the arches crosses over the other at the top, the two arches being substantially at right angles with each other, and the divergent legs thereofl outlining a frame tapered from bottom to top. When the arches are set up in the manner described perspective view thereof, plan view of the same, and Fig. 3 elevation of one of the ring-engag- Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented March 16, 1909.

Serial No. 41,237.

each of the loops on the legs is in horizontal alineinent ith a loop on each of the other legs. A number of rings l0 are provided, being made of if. ire as indicated, and the diameters of the rings are made such that one of the same will fit in the semicircular portions 5 of each set of the loops on the legs. The distance across the frame from any of the bends 3 to that opposite is greater than. the distance between the portions 5 at the bottoms of the corresponding loops, so that in setting the rings in the. loops the r must be forced over the bends 3 by springing the legs I inffardly or slightly distorting the rings. As

the rings pass over the bends 3 and into the loo )s the wires springl back to their original l J s. form and on account of the inw ard inclinay tion of the loops ll, the rings are thus retained at the bottoms of the loops. As a further means of preventing any accidental displacement of the rings, the widths of the openings or mouths of the loops between the upper ends of the portions el and are made slightly less than the diameter of the wire used in forming the rings, so that a slight pressure must be used in forcing the rings in and out of the loops.

From the foregoing it will be apparent how the device may be easily and quickly assembled for use. In dismounting the support, the arches l are grasped with one hand, the legs pulled out of the ground, and one of the arches is then rotated with respect to the other, as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 2, to bring the same into the same plane as the other arch. The operator then places the arches against his breast and, grasping the lower ring with one hand at each side thereof, strips the same out of the loops, carries it up to the next ring and in like manner removes each of the rings by a single sweeping motion from bottom to top of the legs, so

that at the completion of the movement the device is completely disniounted and ready for packing.

It will be observed that on account of the divergence or outward inclination of the legs, and the consequent variation in the diameters of the rings, any one of the rings may be removed and replaced -without interfering .vith the others, should such removal be necessary in order to adjust or straighten up a branch of the plant which has grown out through the frame. Thus the branches of the plant which grow out through the frame may be replaced therein without bending and consequently Without danger of breaking or injuring the'same.

New, having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A support for plants, comprising a pair of wire arches disposed in intersecting planes and having divergent legs, there being in `wardly and downwardly inclined elongated loo s formed in each of said legs at substantia ly equal distances from the centers of the arches, and n ire rings removably disposed in said loops.

2. A. support for plants, comprising a pair of wire arches disposed in intersecting planes, the ends of the arches being extended to form divergent legs, there being a plurality ol in- '\ifardly and doaifnwardly inclined elongated loops formed in each oi" said legs, each set of loops being substantially in alinemen't r. ith each other, and vmire rings, one of the same being adapted to iit in each set of the loops, and the diameters ot the rings being smaller than the diameters of circles passed through the openings of the respective sets oi loops in which the rings are placed.

3. A support for plants, comprising a pair of Wire arches disposed in intersecting plan es,

the ends of the arches being extended'to forni 'divergent legs, there being inwardly and downwardly inclined loops formed in each of said legs, the openings of the loops being on the outer sides of the legs, and Wire rings adapted to fit into a loop in each of the legs and-rest herein in a substantially horizontal position, the `width ot the openings of the loops being smaller than the diameter of the `wire of which the rings are formed.

4. A support tor plants, comprising a pair oi faire arches disposed in intersecting planes, vthe ends of the arches being extended to form legs, there being inwardly and doWnnardly inclined loops formed in each of said legs, the openings of the loops being on the outer sides oi' the legs, and Wire rings adapted to be placed in removable engagement with a loop in each of the legs and rest in said loops in a substantially horizontal position.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two n itnesses.

WLLIAM H. @OERNER.

`Witnesses D. O. BARNELL, ROY G. KRATZ. 

